Axles India is a partnership between Wheels India, Sundaram Finance, and the United States-based Dana Holding Corporation. Axles India is able to supply Axle Housings for the whole spectrum of Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicles. The Sriperumbudur and Cheyyar facilities produce 280,000 pressed axle housings annually. Axles India was founded in 1982 in partnership with Eaton. In 1998, Dana Holding Corporation acquired Eaton Axles Business, which included the acquisition of Axles India's shares. Axles India began production at its Sriperumbudur facility, supplying Ashok Leyland with 10,000 axle housings annually. To fulfil the rising demand of local OEMs, an additional Axle Housing plant was established in 1995 at Cheyyar. In 2003, a manufacturing plant for Drive Head assemblies was constructed. Export oriented unit (EOU) was founded in 2006 to serve export markets. The Drive head business was acquired by Dana India Private Limited in 2011. Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, VE Commerical Vehicles, Dana India Private Limited, SML Isuzu, Mahindra Trucks and Buses, and Daimler India Commercial Vehicles are supplied by Axles India. Axles India also exports to Volvo Trucks Asia and Dana, USA.
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